The Task of an Editor

doi:10.1001/archotol.1968.00760060223001

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Vol. 87 No. 3, March 1968

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The Task of an Editor

GEORGE E. SHAMBAUGH, JR., MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1968;87(3):221.

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In the Jan 4, 1968, New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. MartinWare of the British Medical Journal, discusses the task of aneditor of a medical journal. Such a journal should fulfill threemain functions.

It reports what is new.
It educates by review articles onparticular diseases or topics.
It provides a forum for discussionby its "Letters to the Editor"department.

In addition to these three main functions, the editor of a generalmedical journal must be concerned with ethical standards andwith political factors that vitally affect the practice andexcellence of clinical medicine. Dr. Ware emphasizes that thetime is past when the keen clinician can turn his back on medicalpolitics.

The editor of a specialist journal has an easier task in selectingarticles on what is new since his journal is read by a groupwith similar interests who speak . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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